Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-01-23

1 AhCANC, bCaAAuk ~ eAAAh VIZ
lyon shall make your choice" he SAID
gayly. ,m,
"Are you sure it was killed outrightE'
"Head shot off" said Falkner briefly:
"And, besides, the TALL would have killed
it." said Kate eonclusively. Its lovely;
l suppose they call You q very good shot!'
"They-who?"
ooh! the people you knOw-your friends
| and their sisters"
George shoots better than | do, and
has had more experience. I've seen hin
/ do that with n pistol. OF course not such
a long shot. but a more difficult one"
Kate did not reply, but her face showed
a conviction that as an artistic gentlemaniy
performance il was probably inferior to the
one she had witnessed. Falkner who had
picked up the hare also, again took ms
place BY her side, as they turned TOWARD
the house.
DO YOU remember the day you came;
when we were walking here, you pointed
ont that rock on the mountain where the
animals had taken refuge from the snow!
said Kate, suddenly.
yes" answered Falkner; they seem
to have either eaten each other or escaped
| Let us hope the latter"
~ looked mt them with a glass every
! day," said Kate, ''and they've got down
10 only four. There's q bear and that
shabby oyer-grown eat you call q California
lion, and a wolf, and q creature like i fox
or a squirrel
ITS a pity they're not all OF a kind, "
said Falkner.
"Why?"
''There'd be nothing to keep them from
being comfortable together" =.
s'On the contrary. / should think 1t
would be simply awful to be shut up en-
tirely with ones " kind"
Then you believe it is possible Tor them
| with their different natures and habits, TO
be happy together said FalEner, with
sudden earnestneSs.
Il believe" said Kate hurriedly, that
the bear and the lion and the fox find the
wolf very amusing; and that the fox and
the wolff
"Well:" said Falkner, stopping short.
We'll, the fox and the wolf will carry
away a much better opinion OF the lion and
bear than they had before"
They had reached the house by TINS
| time, and for some occult reason Kate dld
not Immediately enter the parlOr, where
| she had left her sister and the Invalid, VINO
| had already been promoted to n sofa and a
cushion by the window, but proceeded dl-
rectly TO her W room. As 4 maneuyeT
TO avoid meeting Mrs. Hale, it was scarcely
necessary, for that lady was already IN al,
vance of her ON the staircase, rs II she had
left the parlOr n moment before they en-
tered the house. Faulkner, too, would
have preferred the company OF his OWL
thoughts, but Lee, apparently the only un'
preoccupied, all ~pervading boylsh aler'
spirit in the party, hailed him from within
and Obliged him to present himself on tht
threshold Of the parlor with the hare and
hawks wing he was still carrying. lying
the latter with affected concern, Lee SAID
rravely: "Of course, | cIR eat 1t, Ned,
and | dare say it's the hest part OF tn,
fowl, and the hare isn't more h enough
for the women, but | had no idea we were
40 reduced. Three hours and a half gun
ming, and only one hare anda hawks wing
It's terrible
Perceiving that his friend was alone,
Falkner dropped his burden in the hall ant
strobe rapidly to his side. Look here,
George, we muSt-I must-leave this place
at once. It's no use talking; | can stand
this sort Of thing no longer" .
Nor can |, with the door open. shut
il and say what YOU want quick, before
Mrs. Hale comes back. Have you Ounds
trail?"
mo. no; that : not what mean .
".Well. il strikes me it ought to he /
YOU expect to get away. Have you pro
passed to Beacon Street, and she thinks II
rather premature Oh a weeks acpuaint
ancc?"
mo; but
But You will, you mean? Don't, just
yet" ,r,
But cannot live this perpetual lie
That depends. | don't know how
You're lying when I'm not with yOn. j
you're walking round with that girl, sing
ing HYMNS aud talking nj your class II
SUNDAY school, OF it you're ~insinuating thai
ynu're a millionaire, and think Oi buying
the plaee for a summer hotel, | should say
you'd better quit that kind of lying. But
ON the other hand, | don't see the necessity
of your dancing round here with a Shoj
gun, and yelling tor Harkins' blood, Ol
counting that package Of ~greenhacks in thu
llp of Miss Scott, to be truthful. 1t seems
To me there ought to be something between
the two"
"But, George, don't you think-yOu ART
on such good terms with Mrs Hale M he
mother-that you might tell them thu
whole story? That is, tell it in your owl
way, they will bear anything from yoI
and believe it."
Thank you; but suppose l don't he
lieye in lying either?'
"You know what / mean. You have
way, d-n it, of making everything seen
like a matter of course, and the most nat
ural thing going
well, suppose did. Are you prepares
for the WORST"
Falkner was silent for a moment an'
then replied, Eyes; anything would b.
better than this suspense"
81 don't agree with You. Then yol
would be willing to have them forgive us?'
81 don't understand you
II mean that their forgiveness would b,
the worst thing that could happen. LOOl
here, Ned. Stop 4 moment; listen at tina
door. Mrs. Hale has the tread Of an angel
with the pervading capacity OF a rat
Now, listen, | don't pretend To he in Low,
with anybody here, but it | were | SHOULD
hardly take advantage of a woman's help
~leSsne$s and solitude with "a sensational
story about myself. It's not giving her
fair show. You know she won't turn vol
out of the house.
mo" said Falkner, reddcning; "but
should expect To 20 at once, and that woult
he my only excuse for telling her."
Go! where? In yOnr p~reOccupatiol
with that girl you haven't even found tn,
trial BY which Manuel escaped. Do yOr
intend to camp outside the house and max,
eyes at her when she to the win
dow"
Because you think nothing Of i~lirtin:
with Mrs Hale" said Falkner bitterly
you care little
MY dear Ned" said Lee, ''the fact tina
Mrs. Hale has a husband and knows tina
she can't marry me puts ; equal terms
Nothing that she could learn about m